Yup! I saw a growing problem of universities needing to make students feel safe on their campus and brought together a small team of young working professionals, including me, to make an idea concrete as quickly and efficiently as possible.
We later handed the project over to Wayne State University’s senior computer science class to help develop and test this idea.
Privacy concerns are high between users.
There is no feedback given by the competitor apps/features to users unless they have already contracted COVID-19.
Most users would adopt an app to check into buildings and log their activities.
Most users would submit a positive COVID-19 test result to an app to alert their peers anonymously.
We launched in a highly focused way by targeting a small community to ensure broad local adoption, drive engagement, and build critical mass. As well as monitoring symptoms and location, we focus on time spent in indoor venues on campuses/universities. This allows the app to be instantly useful and brings value to app immediately. We provide information on local contagion so users know the risks. In addition, we include information pulled from CDC website to keep up to date information so users know when to seek medical help.
No. We did not launch the application to the public because of the unpredictability of a pandemic. The app fulfills its purpose in the peak of a pandemic when prevention is crucial and when the world has to keep moving. With vaccines going out to the masses, we put the app on the back burner.
